Module 8 Vocabulary (Ancient Rome)

government in which people elect leaders to govern them

• dictatorship

• republic

• oligarchy

• tyranny

common people of Rome

• plebeians

• patricians

powerful nobles of Rome

• plebeians

• patricians

to prohibit an official action, means "I forbid" in Latin

• Veto

• forum

• legions

• consul

checks and balances

• majority rule

• magistrates

• methods of balancing power

• gladiators

two most powerful elected officials in ancient Rome

• plebeians

• consuls

• patricians

• senators

groups of up to 6,000 soldiers

• magistrates

• consuls

• forum

• legions

elected officials

• presidents

• magistrates

• legions

• gladiators

the Roman peace, a peaceful period in Rome's history

• republic

• empire

• Pax Romana

• checks and balances

a raised channel used to carry water from mountains into cities

• aqueduct

• republic

• consuls

• legions